From: nospam@uq.edu.au   
      
   >>>If the story is set in Tokyo, Japan, then they should not be talking in   
   >>>distinct American slang and even sillier things like using dollars as   
   >>>money.   
   >>   
   >> What if the charas originally had distinct Japanese slang?   
   >> Translate in "proper" English?  ^_^   
   >   
   > Better than a Southern or Bronx accent grafted on to an Osaka-jin.   
      
   Thankfully the Australian market is so small that we get the US adapted   
   Manga and it isn't localised for here.   
      
   The day I pick up a Manga and see them using Aussie slang is the day I cry:   
      
   "G'day... she'll be right mate... crack a tinny... strewth... check out the   
   chest puppies on that sheila... waddya reckon?"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)